Category Archives: mindfulness

“Find your place on the planet, dig in, and take responsibility from there.” Gary Snyder Today I woke up unhappy, I’ve been feeling confused about my place in the world, my skills, discouraged about how I’m spending my days. I … Continue reading →

Nothing is more frustrating than pain that comes back again when really you know you have to be healed by now. Yet so many of us find that ever since we hurt that foot or shoulder or back we now … Continue reading →

All emotions have a basis in body sensation. We even call emotions feelings because we identify emotional experience through our body sense. In order to bring emotions into conscious awareness, communicate them to ourselves or others, we label those feelings … Continue reading →

Yesterday I had a short interaction with someone in which they got out of their car and asked me to please not bump my shopping cart against their paint job. We were on a slight hill; I needed to stabilize … Continue reading →

My young adult daughter and I just had our coffee date, we were talking about her Dad being pushed into college by his mother when he was her age. I was feeling what I call “that good mama feeling”; connected, … Continue reading →

I had a wonderful experience today on a Thai massage platform under the hands of my favorite massage therapist. As I lay on my side she worked on my upside at the hip and waist. I had the experience of … Continue reading →

What’s your favorite sense? That is a question I often ask workshop participants. All of the work I teach is grounded in sensory awareness and what better place to start than taking stock of sensory preferences in the room. I … Continue reading →

I’m endlessly fascinated with myself. I can spend a lot of time rolling on the floor, noticing, wondering, sensing, but I easily forget that I can. My lists of things I want to do, I think I should do, and … Continue reading →

To be embodied is to experience and process interactions, thoughts and experiences with oneself, others and the environment through sensation and movement. When you are embodied you can think and feel simultaneously. It’s something that I teach probably because it … Continue reading →

“Play is the only way the highest intelligence of humankind can unfold” Joseph Chilton Pearce The first time I read this I said ” wow that is cool” and I promptly went on to my lists of tasks while also … Continue reading →